Biography
Dr. Ray obtained her Ph.D. from Visva-Bharati University in 2015. She then received her postdoctoral training, first from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany, and then from Tel Aviv University, Israel. Later, she joined IIT Tirupati as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty. Prior to joining IISER Berhampur, she was working as an inaugural Elizabeth Gardner Fellow at the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK.
- Thermal fluctuations in biophysical and biochemical systems far from equilibrium
- Theory and applications of stochastic resetting
- Stochastic thermodynamics and thermodynamic uncertainty
- Classical and quantum Brownian motion
- Physics of macro-molecules and self-assemblies
- Mr. Sayan Karmakar (PhD Scholar)
- Ph.D in Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University (2015).
- M.Sc in Chemistry, University of Calcutta (2010).
- B.Sc in Chemistry (Hons), Presidency College, Kolkata (2008).
- Elizabeth Gardner Fellow at the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK (2022-2024).
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Tirupati, India (2021-2022).
- Sackler Postdoctoral Fellow at School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2018-2020).
- Postdoctoral Guest Scientist at Division Biological Physics, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS), Dresden, Germany (2016-2018).
- Awarded Elizabeth Gardner Fellowship by the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK in 2022 (for a 4-year independent research position).
- Received INSPIRE Faculty Award in Chemical Sciences by DST, India in 2020.
- Received Outstanding Reviewer Award for J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. in 2019 by the Institute of Physics (IOP), London, UK.
- Awarded Sackler Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Israel in 2018.
- Qualified NET Examination in Chemical Sciences and awarded Doctoral Research Fellowship by CSIR, India (2010-2015).
- Secured 2nd rank in M. Sc. Examination (Chemistry), University of Calcutta, India in 2010.
- Awarded Scholarship for Short-Term Visit to MPIPKS, Germany in 2022.
